Top Causes Of Death In The World. Noncommunicable diseases now make up 7 of the worlds top 10 causes of death according to whos 2019 global health estimates published today. The americas was the only region in the world last year where drug use was ranked among the top 20 causes of death with an estimated 86000 people succumbing to overdoses.
The top four causes of death in 2019 were the same for men and women. Collectively the top 10 causes of death accounted for 55 of the 554 million. The americas was the only region in the world last year where drug use was ranked among the top 20 causes of death with an estimated 86000 people succumbing to overdoses.
The world health organization has released the top 10 causes of death across the globe in 2019.
This is an increase from 4 of the 10 leading causes in 2000. Of the 569 million deaths worldwide in 2016 more than half 54 were due to the top 10 causes. Covid 19 was the ninth biggest cause of death in england in july having been the 26th most common cause in june. Click to add and remove.